Perth North Dakota Map

About Perth, North Dakota

Perth is a locality in Towner County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 6. The population density is 18.1 people per km². Perth is located at 48.7164°N, 99.4579°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Perth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58363.

Perth occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vast, pale dome of sky. It lies 90.6 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 68°T), and is situated 34.4 miles northeast of Rugby. The land around Perth is characterized by a subtle, glacial flatness, a legacy of ancient ice that left behind a landscape defined by its openness and the resilience of its soil. Eight miles away, Mauvais Coulee traces a slow, winding path through the silt and grass, offering a low point in the terrain that collects the seasonal run-off. To the north, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Turtle Mountains rises thirty-four miles away, providing a distant, jagged anchor to an otherwise level world. The air here holds a crisp, dry quality that clarifies the light, turning the late afternoon sun into a thin, golden wash that makes the stubble of the fields glow with a quiet, metallic intensity.

Agriculture remains the singular rhythm of existence in Perth, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the movement of the days. The local economy is tied to the stubborn productivity of the earth, echoing a history of settlement that relied upon the endurance of those who broke this sod. Ten miles distant, the Towner County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, a reminder of the wilder, undisturbed character of the prairie that persists in pockets nearby. Even the proximity of Brumba Pool, ten miles out, marks a shift in the landscape where water gathers in the low basins of the plains. Life in Perth moves with a measured, deliberate pace, shaped by the isolation of the open country and the necessity of self-reliance, where the silence of the winter frost is as much a part of the local identity as the frantic, dust-heavy machinery of the autumn threshing.

About This Perth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Perth, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.716393, -99.457921. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Perth includes the ZIP code (58363), telephone area code (701), county seat of Towner County (Cando), and school district assignment (North Star School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.